A Birmingham mother who kept her seven-year-old daughter off school when she feared a cancerous tumour had returned faces prosecution for flouting truancy laws. Kerry Capper, from Erdington, said she wanted to keep a close eye on her daughter Libby Bennett at home when she had stomach pains because the youngster had experienced similar symptoms when battling kidney cancer as a child. Libby still attends regular appointments at Birmingham Children's Hospital to monitor her progress. Birmingham City Council say Libby's mother never gave staff at Paget Primary School a reason for her absences and then failed to attend a meeting to discuss the issue.
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